Zixin Guo

About Me

I’m currently a fourth-year undergraduate student in Computer Science at University of Toronto, where I focus on computer vision and generative artificial intelligence (GenAI).

I joined the Dynamic Graphics Project (DGP) Lab to lead a research project on controllable human image personalization, advised by Prof. David Lindell and Sherwin Bahmani. I also conducted research on LLMs for healthcare at the Vector Institute, under the supervision of Prof. Rahul G. Krishnan and Jerry Ji. Earlier in my undergrad studies, I worked with Prof. David Lindell as the first collaboration on generative modeling for neural 3D representations.

In industry, I gained experience as a computer vision engineer intern at the CV Lab, JD.com, focusing on 2D vision tasks, where I received the Star Intern award from the Vice President of JD.com, Dr. Tao Mei. Following this, I completed a one-year co-op at Noah’s Ark Lab, Huawei Canada, under Prof. Xinxin Zuo and Dr. Juwei Lu, exploring the integration of 2D foundation models into 3D objects and scenes.

Outside of academia, I am passionate about golf, appreciating its blend of mental challenge and physical precision as a counterbalance to my academic endeavors. During the winter months, I find snowboarding a refreshing and exhilarating way to unwind while navigating snowy slopes.

Research Interests

• 3D Representations: Neural Radiance Field (NeRF), 3D Gaussian Splatting (3DGS)
• Applications in GenAI: Controllable Visual Asset Generation with Diffusion Models

News

• [Nov. 2024] One paper was submitted to CVPR 2025!
• [Nov. 2024] I was invited to present my work on controllable human image personalization at ARIA 2024!
• [Sept. 2024] I joined the Machine Learning and Computational Healthcare Lab at the Vector Institute.
• [Aug. 2024] One paper was accepted to the ECCV 2024 Workshop!
• [Jul. 2024] One paper was accepted to the ECCV 2024!
• [May. 2024] I returned to the DGP Lab as a student researcher.
• [May. 2023] I started my research internship at the Noah’s Ark Lab, Huawei Canada.
• [Jan. 2023] I joined the DGP Lab as a research assistant.
• [Apr. 2022] I started my development volunteer position at PetroChina Oilfield.
• [Mar. 2022] One patent for industrial quality inspection was filed.
• [Apr. 2021] I started my research internship at the CV Lab, JD.com.
• [Sept. 2020] I started my undergrad at the University of Toronto.

Awards

• [Jun. 2024] Dean’s List Scholar (2021 - 2024)
• [May. 2024] University of Toronto Excellence Award ($7500)
• [Sept. 2021] Star Intern Certicate at JD.com
• [Sept. 2020] President’s Scholars of Excellence Program ($10000)